to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
to drool; to dribble; to slobber
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
force of a fire; force of flames
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
to tower over the surroundings
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
to draw a bow; to oppose; to defy; to disobey one's superiors
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to grow; to cultivate; to wear a beard
to collapse into; to flop onto
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to shake one's head (in denial)
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...